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The prince thanking the Water sprite, from The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland (1884) by Andrew Lang (illustration by Richard Doyle). The belief in diminutive beings such as sprites, elves, fairies, etc. has been common in many parts of the world, and might to some extent still be found within neo-spiritual and religious movements such as "neo-druidism" and Ásatrú.
In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional bitmap that is integrated into a larger scene, most often in a 2D video game. Originally, the term sprite referred to fixed-sized objects composited together, by hardware, with a background. [ 1 ]
A transient luminous event, known in English as a "sprite" The junior section of the Scouts and Guides of France , the equivalent to the Beavers of Commonwealth countries An early submarine of the French Navy, the name ship of its class , which was lost with its crew in 1905
The etymology of puck was uncertain. [1] The modern English word is attested already in Old English as puca (with a diminutive form pucel).Similar words are attested later in Old Norse (púki, with related forms including Old Swedish puke, Icelandic púki, and Frisian puk) but also in the Celtic languages (Welsh pwca, Cornish bucca and Irish púca).
Sprite commonly refers to: Sprite (computer graphics), a smaller bitmap composited onto another by hardware or software; Sprite (drink), a lemon-lime beverage produced by the Coca-Cola Company; Sprite (folklore), a type of legendary creature including elves, fairies, and pixies; Sprite may also refer to:
La Sylphide Bourbon, A.M. Bininger & Co. Bourbon advertising label in the shape of a glass showing a man pursuing three sylphs. The Swiss German physician and alchemist Paracelsus first coined the term sylph in the 16th century to describe an air spirit in his overarching scheme of elemental spirits associated with the four Classical elements.
Kappa – River Imp or Sprite. Retrieved 23 March 2006. Garth Haslam (2000). Kappa Quest 2000. Retrieved 14 December 2006. Kirainet (2007). For a look at Kappa in popular culture Kirainet. Retrieved 6 May 2007. Hyakumonogatari.com Translated kappa stories from Hyakumonogatari.com; Kappa Unknown Explorers; Underwater Love (2011) The Great Yokai ...
A kobold (German: [ˈkoːbɔlt]; kobolt, kobolde, [2] cobold) is a general or generic name for the household spirit in German folklore.A hausgeist.. It may invisibly make noises (i.e., be a poltergeist), or helpfully perform kitchen chores or stable work.